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                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 9, 2023
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 Introduced  by Sens. HOYLMAN, KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  requiring
   that  certain  motor  vehicles  shall be equipped with operable carbon
   monoxide detectors
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  9  of section 375 of the vehicle and traffic
 law, as amended by chapter 576 of the laws of 1985, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   9.  A.  Every  omnibus operating upon the public highways of the state
 having a carrying capacity of ten or more passengers, shall be  equipped
 with  one hand fire extinguisher of at least 4 B:C Underwriters' Labora-
 tories rating or a similar rating by any qualified laboratory or testing
 organization which meets the criteria of American  Society  for  Testing
 Materials test E548-76. Fire extinguishers shall be kept in good operat-
 ing condition at all times and must be mounted in a place readily acces-
 sible for use.
   B.  EVERY FOR HIRE VEHICLE OPERATED OR DRIVEN UPON THE PUBLIC HIGHWAYS
 OF THE STATE WITH A CHASSIS WHICH WAS MANUFACTURED AND THEN ALTERED  FOR
 THE PURPOSE OF TRANSPORTING TEN OR MORE OCCUPANTS, INCLUDING THE DRIVER,
 SHALL BE EQUIPPED WITH AN OPERABLE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTOR. THE COMMIS-
 SIONER,  IN  CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION, SHALL
 PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS AS HE OR SHE SHALL  DEEM  NECESSARY  TO
 CARRY OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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